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Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
41,882
19,210
Riding the baggage carousel.
Your comrades might not like you quite as much anymore, but you would have new opportunities to connect with the likes of Brian and Ben Shapiro.
:fie:

I'm not happy about sharing a planet with Ben Shapiro, or his Canadian counterpart, Jordan Peterson, never mind a internet connection. If the lizards hauled then off into another dimensional plane, nothing would be lost.
 

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
67,921
14,218
In a van.... down by the river
:fie:

I'm not happy about sharing a planet with Ben Shapiro, or his Canadian counterpart, Jordan Peterson, never mind a internet connection. If the lizards hauled then off into another dimensional plane, nothing would be lost.
Heh.

"I don't want them dead, but if the lizards hauled then off into another dimensional plane, nothing would be lost."

This is GOLD, Jerry. GOLD, I tell ya! :rofl:
 

Sandro

Terrified of Cucumbers
Nov 12, 2006
3,228
2,541
The old world
:fie:

I'm not happy about sharing a planet with Ben Shapiro, or his Canadian counterpart, Jordan Peterson, never mind a internet connection. If the lizards hauled then off into another dimensional plane, nothing would be lost.
Speaking of Shapiro, if anyone has a pirated copy of his attempt at fiction, please share because it reads like a hilarious parody of right wing delusions. I don’t want to give him money, but I want to read the entire novel so badly.

Until then, this is the best you can do for a glimpse into his tiny, talent free mind:

https://overcast.fm/+Mzr_IaELI

There are four parts btw. and they just did a two parter on Jordan Peterson last week.
 

Changleen

Paranoid Member
Jan 9, 2004
14,759
2,741
Pōneke
If you want to watch a pretty great Rugby match, last night’s Bledisloe Cup decider between All Blacks and Wallabies was pretty cool.
 

Changleen

Paranoid Member
Jan 9, 2004
14,759
2,741
Pōneke
I honestly think just the idea of private prisons — that a corporation could or should be enabled to remove your liberty – is just abhorrent. It is almost the definition of unreasonable fascism in my opinion.

I have a similar reaction to private security guards.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
56,048
22,076
Sleazattle
A friend from college who has schizophrenia went off his medication and disappeared on the streets of San Diego years ago. Friends and family endlessly searched for him with no luck. He was presumed dead a few times but would occasionally pop up in the ER or get picked up by the cops. Just found out he made it back home to his parents and is getting the help he needs.
 

eric strt6

Resident Curmudgeon
Sep 8, 2001
24,437
15,213
directly above the center of the earth
:dance::dance::dance: His Orange head will Fucking EXPLODE



Mother Jones Daily Newsletter

November 18, 2020


Twitter has long been one of President Donald Trump's biggest megaphones for spouting disinformation, yet the social media platform has been unwilling to aggressively censor the sitting president. So what will happen when Trump is no longer in office?

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) put the question to Jack Dorsey, the company's CEO, at a Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. "What are both of you prepared to do regarding Donald Trump's use of your platforms after he stops being president?" she asked both Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "Will he still be deemed newsworthy, and will he still get to use your platforms to spread his misinformation?"

Dorsey answered by first explaining the company's existing policy, and how it can allow elected officials to make posts that would otherwise violate the company's rules.

"We do have a policy around public interest where, for global leaders, we do make exceptions in terms of if a tweet violates our terms of service. We leave it up, but we leave it up behind an interstitial and people are not allowed to share that more broadly," Dorsey responded.

"If an account suddenly is not a world leader anymore, that particular policy goes away," Dorsey added.

Of course, how Twitter actually responds to Trump after January 20, 2021, and whether he will become subject to the terms of service like any other user remains to be seen. But Dorsey's acknowledgment that current protections won't apply indicates Trump could no longer have such free rein.

Facebook may be another story. Zuckerberg did not directly answer the question.

Pema Levy
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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10,724
AK

kidwoo

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Changleen

Paranoid Member
Jan 9, 2004
14,759
2,741
Pōneke
So. For a while maybe, this thread was vaguely viable.

But now it seems you genuinely can’t have any good news.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/26/us/supreme-court-coronavirus-religion-new-york.html

Despite, what I’m recalling is some pretty specific wording in your constitution, the supreme court, due to recent personnel changes, has reversed itself and now places religious considerations in front of actual, lethal reality.

Good luck with that.